Gate



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BURTON GATE Filed may 7, 1924 2 Shaet'B-Sheet 1 M EN W N file 0 & B g 7/I N w M m J f, b F .QYMWF L? m i6 :Q m Q\ H rm GAT E r'ued May '7, 19242SheetB-Sheet 2 gme'ntz Patented Dec. 2, 1924..

near a THOMAS'J. BURTON, 0F PLAINVIEW'. MINNESOTA.

GATE.

Application filed'Mely 7,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that THOMAS J. BUn'roN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Plainview, in the county of Wabasha and tate' of Minnesota,has invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in gates and moreespecially to stock and farm gates.

'lheprimary object of my invention is to provide a gate of the typespecified which isopened and closed by swinging the same up and down ina straight vertical plane as distinguished from the usual gate which isopened and closed by swinging horizontally.

Among the many advantages derived. through the use of my invention, someof the more important may be briefly enumerated as follows:

First, the gate may be more easily and quickly opened and closed whenproperly balanced.

Second, the gate may be opened and closed with the minimum effort orexertion on the part of the operator.

Third, it is more advantageous for winter use by virtue of the fact thatit is not necessary to remove snow from the ground adjacent the gatebefore opening or closing, as in the case of horizontally swinginggates, now commonly in use.

Fourth, my improved gate operates with equal facility regardless ofwhether the ground on opposite sides of the gate is smooth or uneven.

In the accoiiipanying drawings which are for illustrative purposes onlyand are therefore not drawn to scale a Figure 1 is a side elevation of afarm and stock gate embodying my improvements, the gate in lowered orclosed position.

Figure 2 is a similar view, the gate open.

Figure 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken on line 33 ofFigure 1.

Figure 4 is a horizontal section taken on line -l of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawings for a more particular description of myinvention and in which drawings like parts are designated by likereference characters throughout the several views, A designates the gatepost and B my improved stock and farm gate, as a whole. At one end ofthe gate adjacent the post A, I provide an upright support C, consistingof a pair of laterally spaced parallel 1924. Serial No. 711,6601

boards 1 and 2, between which-are received the adjacent ends of thelongitudinal rails or barsS, l, 5 and 6, respectively, ofthe'gatea The:rails are 'pivotally connect-ed together at their longitudinal centers,as ate, and at their outer ends as at 5 by the center brace 7 and outergateb'ar 8. The bottom rail 3 is made somewhat shorter than the otherrails as will be noted referenceto the drawings and more especiallyFigure r, and is pivotally connected at its inner end by means of thecross pin 9 to the lOWBTtEllCl of the support 0.

T its inner ends ofthe railsd, 5', and 6 al'so" work between thelaterally spaced boards or members 1 and 2 of the support- C and arepivoted as at 10 between the laterally spaced tines or members 11 of theforked bearing bracket 12 arranged in an upright position between theboards of the support C with its outer edges normally flush with thoseof the latter. A strand of barbed wire 13 is arranged in suitably spacedrelation above the upper gate rails 6 and is connected with the upperends of the bar 8 and center brace 7 and the upper end 14: of the forkedbearing bracket 12, as indicated. Attention is in vited to the fact thatthe inner ends of the gate rails A and 5 at their points of connectionwith the bearing bracket 12 are formed with longitudinal elongated slots15 and. 15 to provide the necessary play at these points in raising andlowering the gate.

A cable 17 is connected at one end, as 18, to the upper gate rail 6 at apoint interi'nediate its ends but nearer the inner end of said rail andsaid cable extends over a pulley 19 carried by the bearing bracket 20,fastened to the to of the board or member 1 of support C. baid cable isconnected at its opposite end as at 21 to the post A. A weight 22provided at its upper end with a pulley 23 is supported by the cable 17between the post A and support C and counterbalances the weight of thegate. This weight 22 is preferably in the form of a hollow cylinderfilled with sand, as indicated more particularly in Figure 1.

In practice, the gate is opened and closed by swinging the outer endthereof straight up and down in a vertical plane upon the pivot orfulcrum 9.

When the gate is closed, the rails 3, l, 5 and 6, thereof, are inparallel spaced relation but when the gate isopened, as illustrated inFigure 2, the rails are brought together in disposed in stepped relationor one above the other. It will also be observed that as the gate israised, the gate bar 8, center brace 7 and forked bearing bracket 12 arecaused to assume an angle or approximately forty-five degrees. It willbe understood of course, that the parts aforesaid assume their normalposition when the gate is closed by swinging the same down in a straightvertical plane.

The outer ends 2 oi the gate rails or bars 3, 4:, 5 and 6 preferablyextend somewhat 7 beyond the outer gate bar 8 into a. groove in thefence post 1), whereby the gate is held in position when closed.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawings, itis thought that the constrnctiom operation and advantages of myinvention will be readily understood withont requiring a more extendedeX- planation.

Various changes in the form, proportions and minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention as defined in theappended claim.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is In combination with an upright support,-

a gate hinged thereto and adapted to be opened and closed by swingingstraight up and down in a vertical plane, said gate comprising a shorterbottom rail pivoted at its inner end to the support and a plurality oflonger vertically spaced top and intermediate rails pivotally connectedtogether at their inner ends, a connterbalaneing weight for said gate,and a forked bearing bracket to which the inner ends of the top andintermediate gate ra-ils are pivoted.

In testimony whereof he aflixes his signature.

THOMAS J. BURTON.

